Embodiment
Referring now to accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 shows the typical electronic message that shows on mobile communication equipment 10.Electronic information comprises: sender's field 12, subject field 14, message body 16 and address card information 18.Can also show other field and/or out of Memory such as recipient's field (i.e. " To: " field), copy field (that is " cc: " field) or the like.For example can use the wireless information transfer equipment on mobile communication equipment 10, to receive electronic information, and use electronic information software to be presented on the equipment, as described below with reference to example mobile communication equipment 400 shown in Figure 7.
Fig. 2 shows the electronic information of address card information 18 is represented in demonstration by an address card mark 30,32 mobile communication equipment 10.That is, as shown in Figure 1, replace whole pieces of explicit address card information 18, explicit address card mark 30 comprises address card information 18 with the message that the announcement apparatus user receives.In illustrated embodiment, address card mark comprises graphic icons 32 and the text string 30 of the part of address card information 18 is shown.Yet, should be appreciated that, also can use other address card mark.For example, have only graphic icons 32 or text string 30 can be shown as address card mark, maybe can use the address card of some other type.
In operation, when receiving electronic information by mobile communication equipment 10, the address card information 18 of recognition of devices in electronic information.When checking electronic information, the address card information 18 of explicit address card mark 30 rather than identification is to keep the space on the viewing area.Can select address card mark 30 by user interface then, to show whole address card information 18, as shown in Figure 3.In addition, when selecting address card mark 30, can show different graphic icons 40 with indicated number address card information 18.For example, in the example of Fig. 2, address card mark comprises having an inwardly icon 32 of the arrow of indication.When selecting an address card mark, as shown in the example of Fig. 3, address card mark comprise have downward finger arrow with indicated number the icon 40 of address card information 18.
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that the exemplary method 50 that is used to reduce the size that is presented at the electronic information on the mobile communication equipment is shown.In step 52, start method 50 when mobile communication equipment receives electronic information.In step 54, the electronic information of handling reception is with the identification sender.For example, can be according to the 12 identification senders of the sender's field shown in Fig. 1-3.
In case identify the sender, the memory cell in the method 50 visit mobile communication equipments is to determine whether to have stored for the sender of described identification the address card information of checking.If found the sender's of described identification the address card information of having verified, method proceeds to step 58 so.In step 58, handle electronic information to find the address card information with the address card information coupling of described checking.Show electronic information in step 60 with the match address card information of representing by address card mark as shown in Figure 2 then.
If the address card information of checking before was not stored in the mobile communication equipment, method proceeds to step 62 from step 56 so.In step 62, the search equipment memory is to determine whether to be the sender storage address card information of checking (non-verifed) of identification.If found not verified address card information, method proceeds to step 68 so.In addition, if do not find not verified address card information, method proceeds to step 64 so.
In step 64, the subject field of the message that receives is arrived memory cell as the not checking address card information relevant with the sender with text storage from the scheduled volume (N character) of message body.For example, method 50 can be stored the not checking address card information of last 1000 characters of reception message as the sender together with the subject field of message.Yet because do not find out the address stored card information, method 50 comprises any address card information at the electronic information of the whole reception of step 66 demonstration.
In another example, can use diverse ways, from the electronic information that receives, to select not verified address card information.For example, the electronic information that can handle reception is to find the Message-text with the substring coupling of sender's name or sender's e-mail address of finding in sender's field.Begin to can be used as then from the Message-text of identification and do not verify that the address card information stores to all information of the end of the message that receives.In other example, this method can select Message-text not verify the address card information to be stored as, and this does not verify that the address card information comprises telephone number, e-mail address and/or typically be included in some out of Memory in the card information of address.
In step 68, the subject field of the electronic information of reception compares with the not checking address card information of being stored.Comprise and the identical subject field of storing that then, method proceeds to step 72 from step 70, and shows whole electronic information, comprises any address card information if determine the electronic information that receives with not verified address card information.Yet, if the electronic information that receives comprises and the subject field of not verifying that the address card information is different, so, method proceeds to step 72 from step 70, and finds in the message that receives and the address card information of being stored of not verifying the information matches in the card information of address.Then,, the address card information of coupling is stored as the address card information of checking in step 76, and in step 78 with showing electronic information by the match address card information of address card mark representative as shown in Figure 2.By this way, if two independent electronic informations that receive from same sender (promptly, two electronic informations with different themes field) comprise identical information in, the information of this repetition is verified as the address card information and shows as address card mark so.
Fig. 5 is the flow chart that the exemplary method 80 of the continuation that is used to reduce the size that is presented at the electronic information on the mobile communication equipment is shown.Method 80 shown in Figure 5 is from step 60, explicit address card mark on mobile communication equipment.In step 84, this method determines that whether for the first time the sender's that this is specific address card information shows with the form of address card mark.If, show warning label with described address card mark then in step 88.For example, with reference to Fig. 2, if for the message that receives from sender (John Smith), address card mark 30,32 is presented on the mobile communication equipment 10 for the first time, then, can also comprise the warning label that some is additional.For example, can show the explanation main points, address card mark 30,32 can be used red display, maybe can use some other warning label, guarantees the effective address of address card mark 30,32 representatives card information 18 to remind the user.
In step 90, method 80 waits for that the user selects address card mark.If selected address card mark, so as shown in Figure 3, show whole address card information.When positive explicit address card information, the user can also select options menu in step 94.If selection options menu, the user can select a) to confirm that the address card information that shows is effective (step 96 and 102) so, (b) from the message that receives, manually select the address card information storage (step 98 of information as checking, 102 and 104), or (c) refusal described address card mark and delete address stored card information (step 100 and 106).
Fig. 6 is the flow chart that the exemplary method 200 of the size that is used for further reducing the electronic information that receives on mobile communication equipment is shown.Method 200 starts from step 200 when receiving electronic information by mobile communication equipment.In step 202, the electronic information (for example, above-described with reference to Fig. 4) of handling reception is with the address card information of finding out the sender and the electronic information that passes through to represent with address card mark address card information automatic demonstration simple version on mobile communication equipment.
In step 203, further handle electronic information to find out any address field that is embedded in the electronic information.For example, if electronic information is an answer or forwarding message, can be embedded in previous electronic information at the electronic information that receives so.If can not find the address field of embedding, finish this method in step 204 so.Otherwise,, discern the sender address in step 206 according to the address information that embeds so, and method proceeds to step 208 if find the address field of embedding.
In step 208, this method is determined the address card information whether the sender address has stored checking that is identified for the address field that is arranged in embedding.If do not find the address card information of checking, finish this method in step 204 so.Otherwise, if find the address card information of checking, handle electronic information in step 210 so, with coupling in the message that receives the address card information and the address card information of checking.Then, in step 212, the address card information of coupling is shown as address card mark, and method turns back to step 202, to find out the address of any further embedding.
Fig. 7 is the block diagram that shows example mobile communication equipment 400.Mobile communication equipment 400 comprises: processing subsystem 438, communication subsystem 411, short-range communication subsystem 440, memory sub-system 424,426 and various miscellaneous equipment subsystem and/or software module 442.Mobile communication equipment 400 also comprises user interface, and this user interface can comprise: display 422, keyboard 430, loud speaker 432, microphone 436, one or more auxiliary input-output apparatus 428, serial port 430 and/or other user interface facilities.
The whole operation of processing subsystem 438 control mobile communication equipments 400.The operating system software that is carried out by processing subsystem 438 can be stored in the permanent memory such as in the flash memory 424, but also can be stored in memory devices such as the read-only memory (ROM) or similar memory cell of other type in the memory sub-system.In addition, systems soft ware, specific device applications, or its part can be put in volatile memory such as the random-access memory (ram) 426 temporarily.The signal of communication that is received by mobile communication equipment 400 can also store among the RAM426.
Processing subsystem 438 except its operation system function, can also make that the software application 424 on equipment 400 obtains carrying out.Predetermined set of applications such as the data and the voice communication of a control basic device operations can be installed on the equipment 400 during manufacture.In addition, personal information manager (PIM) application program that comprises electronic information transmission application program 424C can be installed on the equipment, PIM for example can be exercisable with the organization and management data item, such as Email, calendar event, voice mail, appointment and task items.The PIM application program can also be exercisable with the item that transmits and receive data by wireless network 419.No matter whether electronic information transmits software application 424C is the part of PIM application program or separate with the PIM application program, thereby can carry out the size that function described here is used to reduce the electronic information of demonstration on equipment 400.
By communication subsystem 411 and may carry out the communication function that comprise data and voice communication by short-range communication subsystem 440.Communication subsystem 411 comprises: receiver 412, transmitter 414 and one or more antenna 416,418.In addition, communication subsystem 411 also comprises processing module such as digital signal processor (DSP) 420 or other treatment facility, and local oscillator (LO) 413.Mobile communication equipment 400 plan operations communication network is wherein depended in the particular design of communication subsystem 411 and realization.For example, mobile communication equipment 400 can comprise communication subsystem 411, and it is designed in Mobitex
TMMobile communication system, DataTAC
TMMobile communication system, the GSM network, GPRS network is in UMTS network and/or the EDGE network.
Access to netwoks requires to depend on the type of communication system and changes.For example, in Mobitex and DataTAC network, use with each device-dependent unique individual's identification number or PIN mobile communication equipment is registered on the network.Yet in UMTS and GSM/GPRS network, access to netwoks is relevant with the subscriber or the user of equipment.Therefore GPRS equipment need a subscriber identity module that is commonly referred to SIM card, so that operate on the GSM/GPRS network.
After finishing required network registry or active program, mobile communication equipment 400 can send and receiving communication signal through communication network 419.Be routed to receiver 412 by antenna 416 from the signal that communication network 419 receives, this receiver is provided with conversion under signal amplification, the frequency, filtering, channel selection etc., and the analog to digital conversion can be provided.The analog to digital conversion of received signal allows DSP to carry out more complicated communication function, such as the demodulation sign indicating number.In a similar manner, handle the signal that (for example modulate and encode) will send to network 419 by DSP420, offer transmitter 414 then and be used for digital-to-analogue conversion, frequency up-converted, filtering, amplification and send to communication network 419 (or a plurality of network) through antenna 418.
Except process communication signals, DSP420 also can provide receiver 412 and transmitter 414 controls.For example, the gain that is applied to the signal of communication in receiver 412 and the transmitter 414 can also obtain adaptive control by the automatic gaining controling algorithm of realizing in DSP420.
In data communication mode, treatment facility 438 is handled and offered to the signal of reception such as text message or page download by communication subsystem 411.The signal of Jie Shouing is further handled being used to outputing to display 422 by treatment facility 438 then, or outputs to some other auxiliary I/O equipment 428 alternatively.The equipment user can also use keyboard 438 and/or some other auxiliary I/O equipment 428 to write data item such as email message.The auxiliary all touch panels in this way of I/O equipment, rocker switch, the input equipment of finger wheel input equipment or some other type.Can on communication network 419, send the data item of writing through communication subsystem 411 then.
In voice communication mode, except the signal that receives is output to loud speaker 434 and the signal that is used to send produced by microphone 436, the whole operation of equipment was substantially similar to data communication mode.Also can on equipment 400, realize optional voice or audio frequency I/O subsystem, as the speech message recording subsystem.In addition, can also in voice communication mode, utilize display 422, for example the duration of show Calls square mark, audio call or other voice call related.
Short-range communication subsystem 440 makes that mobile communication equipment 400 and other must not be can communicate between the approximation system of similar devices or the equipment.For example, short-range communication subsystem 440 can comprise infrared equipment and interlock circuit and assembly or Bluetooth
TMCommunication module is to provide and the communicating by letter of similar system that enables and equipment.
This printed instructions uses example to disclose the present invention who comprises optimal mode, and makes those skilled in the art can make and use the present invention.Patentable scope of the present invention can comprise other examples that those skilled in the art expect.For example, as shown in Figure 8, can represent the information rather than the address card information of repetition with the mark that electronic information shows, or can also represent the information of repetition except the address card information.That is, repeating to append to the information of any kind of electronic information can be by the representative of some mark (for example address card mark) in the message that shows.In the example of Fig. 8, show address card mark 30,40, it also represents duplicate message 502 except the address card information 18 that representative repeats.Particularly, the example of Fig. 8 shows the secret warning 502 that appends to from the message of the reception of sender John Smith.In a further example, beginning that can be by in electronic information, comprising indication address card information and end hiding label (for example, html tag) identification by the address card information of the address card mark representative in the display message.